    | DocBook: The Definitive Guide 0.0.12 for DocBook V5.0b1 (Alpha) |
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variablelist — A list in which each entry is composed of a set of one or more terms and an associated description
variablelist ::=
addressanchorannotationbibliolistblockquotebridgeheadcalloutlistcautionclasssynopsiscmdsynopsisconstraintdefconstructorsynopsisdestructorsynopsisepigraphequationexamplefieldsynopsisfigureformalparafuncsynopsisglosslisthtml:formimportantindexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm (db.indexterm.singular)indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange)informalequationinformalexampleinformalfigureinformaltable (db.cals.informaltable)informaltable (db.html.informaltable)itemizedlistliterallayoutmediaobjectmethodsynopsismsgsetnoteorderedlistparaprocedureproductionsetprogramlistingprogramlistingcoqandasetremarkrevhistoryscreenscreencoscreenshotsegmentedlistsidebarsimparasimplelistsynopsistable (db.cals.table)table (db.html.table)tasktipvariablelistwarningCommon attributes and common linking attributes.
Additional attributes:
A VariableList is a list consisting of Terms and
their definitions or descriptions.
Formatted as a displayed block.
There are many ways to deal with the problems presented in
formatting a variable list with long Terms. DocBook
does not mandate any particular presentation. The
TermLength attribute may influence
the presentation of Terms.
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Specifies (a hint about) the spacing of the content
Enumerated values: | |
|---|---|
| “compact” | The spacing should be "compact". |
| “normal” | The spacing should be "normal". |
FIXME:
These elements contain variablelist: annotation, answer, appendix, article, bibliodiv, bibliography, bibliolist, blockquote, callout, calloutlist, caption (db.caption), caution, chapter, colophon, constraintdef, dedication, entry, example, figure, footnote, glossary, glossdef, glossdiv, glosslist, html:fieldset, html:form, important, index, indexdiv, informalexample, informalfigure, itemizedlist, legalnotice, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, note, orderedlist, para, partintro, preface, procedure, qandadiv, qandaset, question, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, refsection, refsynopsisdiv, revdescription, sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4, sect5, section, setindex, sidebar, simplesect, step, taskprerequisites, taskrelated, tasksummary, td, textobject, th, tip, toc, tocdiv, variablelist, warning.
The following elements occur in variablelist: address, anchor, annotation, bibliolist, blockquote, bridgehead, calloutlist, caution, classsynopsis, cmdsynopsis, constraintdef, constructorsynopsis, destructorsynopsis, epigraph, equation, example, fieldsynopsis, figure, formalpara, funcsynopsis, glosslist, html:form, important, indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), info (db.titleforbidden.info), info (db.titleonly.info), informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable (db.cals.informaltable), informaltable (db.html.informaltable), itemizedlist, literallayout, mediaobject, methodsynopsis, msgset, note, orderedlist, para, procedure, productionset, programlisting, programlistingco, qandaset, remark, revhistory, screen, screenco, screenshot, segmentedlist, sidebar, simpara, simplelist, synopsis, table (db.cals.table), table (db.html.table), task, tip, title, titleabbrev, variablelist, varlistentry, warning.
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example variablelist</title>
<variablelist><title>Font Filename Extensions</title>
<varlistentry><term><filename>TTF</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>TrueType fonts.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><filename>PFA</filename></term>
<term><filename>PFB</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>PostScript fonts. <filename>PFA</filename> files are common on
<acronym>UNIX</acronym> systems, <filename>PFB</filename> files
are more common on Windows systems.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</article>
Font Filename Extensions
TTFTrueType fonts.
PFA, PFBPostScript fonts. PFA files are common on
UNIX systems, PFB files
are more common on Windows systems.
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| varargs | | varlistentry |